Cruces police, FBI investigate bank robbery

September 07, 2011

Las Cruces Police Department

Bank robbery suspect

Las Cruces police and the FBI are investigating the Wednesday morning robbery of the Wells Fargo bank at 2400 N. Main St.

Police were called to the bank shortly after 9 a.m. after a man reportedly walked into the bank and displayed a note that demanded money. The man left the bank with an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect was last seen leaving the bank heading southbound on foot.

The suspect was described as a slender white male in his 50s, with a gray mustache and trimmed beard. Surveillance photos of the suspect show him wearing a gray, long-sleeve New Mexico State University T-shirt and a baseball cap.

The FBI will release additional information as it becomes available.

If you have any information on who may have committed this robbery, you are asked to call Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a tip via text message to LCTIPS (528477).